Canopy Wave
vs
Gcore
What's good about each
- Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
- 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
- GPU rental and open-model inference on one account
- Cloud regions on six continents
- Free egress from virtual machines and bare metal
- Per-minute billing, only while a VM runs
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- CDN and DDoS protection on the same account
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Canopy Wave | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $11.83 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $47.38 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $94.77 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | $52.79 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 24% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $17.32 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $7.53 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Canopy Wave offers 5 GPU models, while Gcore offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Canopy Wave | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 9 configs
|
$3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | $6.85 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
H200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$4.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.12 /GPU/hr On-demand | 22% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
-- | $1.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Gcore only |
Canopy Wave bills on-demand; Gcore bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Canopy Wave | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | Luxembourg |
| Locations | 2 | 33 |
| Example customers | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom |
| Website | canopywave.com | gcore.com |
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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Gcore on Sept. 18, 2026.